A recent study from Pew Research found that white people who identify as Christians represent about two-thirds of all Republicans. Meanwhile, Americans unaffiliated with any religion, and racial minorities who identify as Christians, now each make up a bigger share of the Democratic coalition. This week, we take a look […] Read more »
Democrats in Battleground States Prefer Moderate Nominee
Democrats in the country’s most pivotal general election battlegrounds prefer a moderate presidential nominee who would seek common ground with Republicans rather than pursue an ambitious, progressive agenda, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll of primary voters across six states. … While Democrats have unambiguously moved to the […] Read more »
Recent Polls Show Trump’s Support Is Flagging in the Suburbs — and Beyond
From governors’ houses to state assemblies, many Republican incumbents lost their seats on Tuesday — largely thanks to suburban Republican voters disillusioned with President Trump. Since Mr. Trump’s rise in 2016, Republicans have seen their support slip in affluent suburbs such as those around Philadelphia and the Virginia counties near […] Read more »
Sorry, Wisconsin, the Presidential Election Could be a Blowout
Since November 9, 2016, Democrats and pundits have contemplated the path back to Presidential victory in 2020: is it winning back white “working class” voters in the upper Midwestern states of Wisconsin & Michigan, or is it a candidate & platform that people of color actually want to vote for? […] Read more »
National Reality Disorder with Robert J. Lifton
This week Ana Marie Cox sits down with Robert J. Lifton to remind you how bad things have gotten politically—but that remaining optimistic is not totally insane. They begin by drawing the parallels between Trump and other cult leaders/demagogues. Afterwards, they discuss the followers of Trump, why they remain followers, […] Read more »
The media is missing the big story from Tuesday’s elections
The immediate post-election story has focused on the continued Republican problems in the suburbs. But there’s another part of the story that is good news for the GOP, a part that shows our continuing realignment moves in two directions. That story is the ongoing movement of formerly Democratic regions and […] Read more »